Baking utensil



p 1950 v H. A. PALMER 2,522,397

BAKING UTENSIL Filed June 18, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN V EN TOR.

L HELENAP LMER Sept. 12, 1950 HA. PALMER 2,522,397

BAKING UTENSIL Filed June 18, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet -2' INVEN TOR.

.2339 4 HELEN APA MER 75x9 yin? 1% Patented Sept. 12, 1950 UNITED. STATES PATENT ores-Ice BAKING UT-ENSIL Helen A. Palmer, Des Moinesllowa.

' Application June 1 8, 1947, Serial No. 755,319

2 Claims.

utensil andis'designed to housed in the :baking of a dessert to be served to patients of sanatoriums or hospitals wherein. the eating of pie is prohibited due to the indigestibility of the crust. I find .usually these patients often insistton bein served pie. I also find that in a majority of cases a. custard .or pie filler .-of certain :kinds may be substituted if servedin the form of a piece .of

pie.

This invention relates more specifically :to an improved baking utensil comprising a plurality of separable segmental sections with means for binding all of the sections. together to form a unitary juice tight receptacle.

' The object of my invention is to provide a baking utensil so constructed and arranged that the filler of a pie or a custard may be baked without paste and when so baked served as having the general appearance of a serving'of pie.

A'further object of my invention is to :provide a bakingutensil, formed of segmental sections adapted to be placed and joined together in :a separablewmanner to form aijuice tight panor receptacle adapted to receive-a zpie fillerorreustard to be baked, and after baking capable of being cut on the adjoining edges of the sections, and after being cut separated and served in the individual section in which it was baked.

My invention consists in the construction, ar-

rangement and combination of the various parts of the device whereby the objects contemplated and attained as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved baking receptacle assembled ready to receive a filler to be baked.

Figure 2 is a sectional View taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

, Figure 3 is a similar View of the utensil with a filler therein.

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional View taken on the line 4--4 of Figure 1. I

Figure 5 is an inverted perspective view of the inner end of one of the segmentalsections.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the utensil partly assembled.

Figure 7 is a perspective View 0 mental sections.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of one of the individual sections with a baked filler thereon ready to be served as a dessert.

Figure 9 is a side elevation of thecenter core.

one of the seg- Figure 10 is an enlarged detail sectional view a 2 taken onthe line l-flof Figure '1 of slightly. modified form. I

My improved baking utensil comprises a ;p1uralityqoi .segmentalesections .10 formed preferably of glass or a -ceramic*material. However, stainless steel or tin-may be used Each section comprises a bottom an arcuate wall t2 and a lateral flange l3. Theside :edgesoi said sections are-.radialto ancommon center and adapted to "be joined together to iorma completecircular baking utensil. Oneoi the edges is 'formedwith a tongue l4 and the other withazg'roove ilB. Each side has a truncated end-11. The underside of the inner endofthe section I lie provided with a rabbet |-B. 1 I

The sections l are adapted tobe assembled to form a unitary receptacle as illustrated in Figure '1 with thetongueM-of one;-section positioned in theygroove it of anfladioining section. These grooves and tongues extend :from .the "top :of the wall I 2 to theinner'end H of thebottom H and serve to preventleakage of juices from within thereceptacle and also to assist in preventing up and down-movement of one section relative to the other.

In order to -:easily and quickly z-bind all of the sections together and also permit them to be easily separated after the filler has been baked, I have'provided what I shall term an annulation l9, formed preferably of three arcuate sections 2|, secured together end. to end by links l2. The inner edge of each member 22 is provided with a groove 23 for receiving the flanges l3 of the sections I after the said sections have been assembled.

One of the end members 2| is provided with a spring 24 having a loop portion 26 adapted to engage a hook 21 formed on the free end of the other end member 2|, serving to yieldably bind all of the sections together. A core 28 is provided for closing the opening 29 formed by truneating the inner ends of the bottom members The core 28 is provided with an annular roove 3|, forming upper and lower flanges 32 and 33.

In the assembling of the utensil the individual sections I!) are arranged in a manner illustrated in Figure 6 which is accomplished by first placing the core 28 on the table after which section A is placed in position with its truncated .end H inseted in the annular groove 3|. Section B is then placed in position with the grooved and tongue portions of the wall l2 in contact, and the inner ends somewhat separated. In a like manner the other sections C, D, E and F are placed in position. The periphery of the assembly is then contracted causing the gap between sections C and F to be closed and the ends H to be positioned in the groove 3! with the flange 33 in the rabbets [8.

The annulation I9 is then placed in position by placing the center section 2| over the flanges l3 of sections D, E and F. The end sections 2! are then moved to position on the corresponding flanges of the sections B and Cf. The loop 26 of the spring 24 is then placed over the hook portion 21. The tension of the spring yieldably forces all of the tongued and grooved edges tightly together with the end I! firmly in the groove 33 of the core 28. use. A custard or pie filler may then be placed in the utensil and baked after which it may be cut by placing the pointed end of the knife opposite one of the joints between the flange section, then moving it toward the diametrically opposite joint.

In this manner the incision of the flller is 10- cated above the joined edges of the bottom portions, an incision being made above each of the joined edges of said sections. The annulation may then be removed, after which the sections may be separated with its individual baked filler thereon as illustrated in Figure 8. The filler is served on the section and without the objectionable crust in the serving of pie.

The sections Ill might be formed with square edges without the tongue and groove, as illustrated in Figure 10 providing a somewhat cheaper construction, if so desired. It will thus be seen that I have provided a baking utensil of simple durable and inexpensive construction and so arranged that a pie filler may be baked without having to provide a crust.

I claim: I

1. A baking utensil comprising a plurality of segmental bottom plates each having its edges radiating from a common center and a circumferential edgeterminating in an upright arcuate wall, having at its top edge an outwardly 'projecting flange, a flexible member for engaging said flanges and binding all of said segmental sections together to form a unitary juice tight pan, said flexible member comprising a plurality The utensil is then ready for of arcuate sections, having their adjacent ends linked together, the inner edge of each arcuate section formed in a groove, one of the free ends of said flexible member terminating in a hook and the other provided with one end of a spring whereby the radial edges and the arcuate walls of said segmental section may be bound together by applying the grooves of said flexible member to the flanges of said upright walls with the free end of said spring applied to said hook.

2. A baking utensil comprising a plurality of segmental bottom plates each having its edges radiating from a common center and a circumferential edge terminating in an upright arcuate wall having at its top edge an outwardly projecting flange, a flexible member for engaging said flanges and binding all of said segmental sections together to form a unitary juice tight pan, said flexible member comprising a plurality of arcuate sections, having their adjacent ends linked together, the inner edge of each arcuate section formed in a groove, one of the free ends of said flexible member terminating in a hook and the other provided with one end of a spring, the angular length of each arcuate section being greater than the angular length of said flanges, whereby the radial edges and the arcuate walls of said segmental section may be bound together by applying the grooves of said flexible member to the flanges of said upright walls with the free end of said spring applied to said hook.

HELEN A. PALMER.

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